By BOB GARDINIER Staff writer

Updated 11:42 pm, Tuesday, June 21, 2011

TROY -- An Albany man cleared of attempted murder charges five years ago has been charged with having cocaine.

Bail was set at $50,000 for Akbar Hemingway, 22, after he pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an indictment charging him with two felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance for an incident at 10 p.m. June 8 at 84 Tyler Street.

Hemingway's public defender, William Roberts, said his client was not actually in possession of the drugs.